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Hey Logos, Thanks for clarifying that - couldn't have put it better myself. And you've just put up on the site exactly what I say in my Shakespeare classes!! I only use the term "Old English" not in it's correct historical sense, but as a way to try and differenciate between what was the common language in Elizabethan times as opposed to the language (which includes phrasing and meaning of words and sentences) as we use it today. I should have been more pedantic with my explanation, for which I apologise. In my experience, most young actors look at you askance when you try to tell them that Shakespeare basically invented modern English (he did, after all, invent a lot of new words in his text that weren't even in use during his time) and what we speak today as "English" has its roots in and a direct association with what he wrote all those hundreds of years ago. However, there are still a few words and phrases he used that are no longer in use in our contemporary/modern version of the language - or at least not with the meaning they had back then. And some spellings of words have changed as well, of course. I humbly apologise for my lack of proper and correct attention to relaying the facts as I should have. Through my incorrect use of the term "Old English", it would appear that "I am as full of mischief as an egg is of meat" as the Elizabethans would say ... Sally McLean Incognita Enterprises & Acting Up Drama Classes http://www.salmac.com/masterclasses/